ELS Language Centers Daiva Berzinskas Email:daivaberz@gmail.com Sequential/ Global Addressing
individual learning styles of students is particularly important when
teaching ESL. Get to know the learning styles of your students by
administering this interactive quiz from Edutopia
to find out! Learning Styles: Sensory-Intuitive Sequential-Global Visual-Verbal Inductive-Deductive Active-Reflective What’s
Your Learning Style?:
http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz?gclid=CJ3puZKmgqICFQqbnAodBUlbGQ Language
Shock and Culture Shock – Are Your Students Afflicted? Moving
to a new country and the frustration associated with learning a new
language are common for many international students. These types of shock
can greatly influence student learning. Know
the signs! Language Shock
– Frustration learners face when learning a new language. Language shock
develops when ELLs feel too pressure to learn the L2 language in too short
a period of
time. Culture Shock
– Emotional reactions to living in a new culture and learning a new
language. Know the three stages: 1) Euphoria; 2) Culture Shock; 3)
Adaptation. Talk
about culture shock in your classroom. Check out this website from eslflow.com for some useful lessons: http://www.eslflow.com/interculturalcommunication.html For
more information visit kidshealth.org : http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/emotions/culture_shock.html Sensory\ Intuitive Visual\ Verbal Reflective\ Reflective Inductive\ Deductive ELS students… Where are they
from? Gabon Cameroon Saudi
Arabia Libya Kuwait Brazil Colombia Venezuela Peru Japan South
Korea Vietnam China Taiwan Thailand China Russia Mexico Switzerland France What is Learning Style? How learners
acquire, retain, and retrieve information. Are you
meeting the needs of your students’ individual and cultural learning
styles? Active Inductive\ Deductive
Are You Addressing the Cultural and Individual Learning Styles
in Your Classroom???